COVID-19 Developments In The Northwest Territories And Nunavut

Northwest Territories

Public Health

• On March 21, 2020, the Chief Public Health Officer issued a Public Health Order that:
  • Closes the NWT border and prohibits everyone from entering the territory, except the following, among others:
    • NWT residents returning home;
    • Workers importing/exporting goods or providing supply chain services;
    • Flight crews;
    • Essential services workers or supporting workers;
    • Medical travelers from Nunavut;
    • Transient workers in the mineral and petroleum resources industry; and
    • Workers involved in government capital infrastructure projects;
  • Requires NWT residents to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return to the NWT in either Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River, or Fort Smith. A self-isolation plan must be completed and approved by a Public Health Officer;